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by larrydag 6y ago
I'm surprised more hobbyists haven't developed public mesh networks. There are so many wireless routers and devices that this seems like a great opportunity. I would think makerspaces would be all over this idea. https:/&#
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I find it really interesting Elon and Tesla PR strategy. They basically had a PR event to talk about manufacturing improvements. They didn't release a product but just a promise that they will make their cars cheaper. This is fairly
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Yes. Severed neutral lines are bad. A tree next to the house had eventually worn down the neutral line into our house and severed it. We heard buzzing and saw smoke in the house. Fortunately all the was burnt was an extension bar. It c
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by larrydag 6y ago
That's an interesting hypothesis. Is there objective evidence that humans need an order of magnitude less samples? One anecdote to possibly challenge you is that it takes a toddler several months to walk.
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Yes that is true when you combine those 2 cities. Also known for their large interstate highway interchanges. In fact one of the newest is in North Dallas aptly named the "High Five" interchange.
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by larrydag 6y ago
I live in Texas. This assertion is true of most cities in Texas also. Houston is the largest population center in Texas with 6M+ in the city. Also Houston is a busy center for interstate and international commerce especially for trucking
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GDP growth, Consumer Confidence Index, Unemployment Rate. I'm not sure there is any one thing but you can get insights from a range of signals.
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Great question. Find someone in your skillset, hobby, industry or knowledge domain that has been doing it longer (preferably much longer) than you. Don't think because you are a lone wolf that there aren't others like you. They
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by larrydag 6y ago
Finding and working with mentors. Learn from their successes and mistakes. Learn and understand a niche business or industry. Gain expertise in a knowledge or industry domain. Software is just a tool that brings a means to an end.
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Interesting. I like Python but don't enjoy programming in it. I find programming with R much more to my liking. I do data analysis and modeling mostly.
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Great resource if one is wanting to learn R.
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The banks cost of money isn't closely tied to the Fed rate. It is more tied to long term investments such as government bonds or t-bills. These have been pretty low and very low recently.
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by larrydag 6y ago
This reminds me of the Dual in Linear Programming. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_linear_program https://web.stanford.edu/~ashishg/msande111/notes/chapter4.p...
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by larrydag 6y ago
This is one of the macroeconomic scenarios that scares me the most. I can't imagine what would happen to the global socio-economic stability if those middle east countries were to lose that source of GDP. It's not to unreasonabl
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SAS. I do data analysis everyday and it is just so antiquated to modern data needs. The organization I'm with is on a path to sunset and move to Python. Can't happen soon enough for me.
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by larrydag 6y ago
One of my all time favorite shows. Very underrated in my opinion. Also the first season is based in my hometown so that is neat. There is very much a silicon prairie culture in North Texas that doesn't get talked about too much. Tex
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by larrydag 6y ago
If you have a chance I suggest reading Masters Of Doom. http://www.davidkushner.com/book/masters-of-doom/ . If it's one thing it taught me is that geography is not an issue when building masterful apps. The
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Price based arbitrage was very successful for Edward Thorpe http://www.edwardothorp.com/books/a-man-for-all-markets/
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It all depends on ROI. Perhaps these small businesses will give more return if they can get seed money to get started. It's an interesting business model for sure. Similar to Lending Club but for small businesses.
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If what the article says is true and PPI is indeed in these documents than these documents are ripe for fraud, criminal use and identity theft. This is worse than a password leak.
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by larrydag 6y ago
Is it easy to procure liquid oxygen as an amateur builder? The guide looks like it recommends using gaseous oxygen and gasoline since it is readily available.
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by larrydag 6y ago
Not a system architecture guy. When the industry says "serverless" they really mean hardware-less? It means you are renting on other people's servers?
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OSX roots are in BSD https://www.wired.com/2013/08/jordan-hubbard/
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50 years ago banking was a very personal business. A business would work locally with their own bank. The bank knew the owners and since they banked with them knew their cash flows. Now banks are national conglomerates. There is a lot o
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by larrydag 6y ago
Should have read more. Beat me to it. I agree
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For those in Dallas, TX I suggest Babe's Chicken or Bubba's (same owner).
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What is neat about these demonstrations is how it illustrates that a computer is just a bunch of switches. Computers got better because they were able to jam more switches into a smaller area.
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Agree. That's why i find it curious that it isn't representative of human activity but there definitely is seasonality.
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I find it curious that the volume of users are similar for day of the month regardless of year. For instance the first of the month is not always the same day of the week.
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Yes risk is attributed to premiums. Yet I talked to an employee at a large US insurance firm and he said they take a loss with premiums. All the premiums do is go into marketing and advertising. They make their money by investing. So ba

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